Ok thanks, I will put triple antibiotic ointment on it. I've posted some pictures. I'm thinking I will just give her water now and quit feeding for a day too.
I will try to get a photo. The cut is about 1 1/2 inches long and very deep but not wide. She is drinking. I have given her electrolytes too. It's been 3 days with no improvement (healing) The water (and food) that keeps coming out seems to be preventing its healing. The vet wrap I have but I am...
Hello, So my chicken was attacked by another chicken ( presumably my rooster but I did not see it) and she now has a hole in the side of her neck. When she eats and drinks, a good portion comes pouring out of this hole. I have tried to keep it clean, I keep putting iodine and hydrogen peroxide...
Update Our girl is still alive. I bought a 18 mm needle and 35 cc syringe and took some fluid out of her belly. She is still draining. The fluid was mostly yellow but a little greenish too. The last bits of drain is tinged with blood. I have given her antibiotics and she has eaten some. She is...
Update Our girl is still alive. I bought a 18 mm needle and 35 cc syringe and took some fluid out of her belly. She is still draining. The fluid was mostly yellow but a little greenish too. The last bits of drain is tinged with blood. I have given her antibiotics and she has eaten some. She is...
Update Our girl is still alive. I bought a 18 mm needle and 35 cc syringe and took some fluid out of her belly. She is still draining. The fluid was mostly yellow but a little greenish too. The last bits of drain is tinged with blood. I have given her antibiotics and she has eaten some. She is...
Ok the swelling is more between legs and not really either in front or behind. I put a latex glove on and put my finger in her vent and couldnt feel any hardness at all, so I don't think she has a stuck egg. This has been going on for almost 2 weeks now. I think she would have passed by now if...
She ate the mash and egg vigorously! I don't know if we have any avian vets in the area. I will check around. She is in good spirits but still no energy. I don't know how to look for the keel bone. We are in Florida and just exiting our wet season. Soggy compost is a possibility. How much...
So by grain, I mean layer mash. She is kind of bloated in her abdomen. The crop is normal as far as I can tell. The poops are small like a wild bird rather than large blobs. No lice. I am not sure about mites, I've been holding her a lot and I don't notice anything. What is a fecal float? She...
I've been dropper feeding her Baby bird electrolytes. I will try the wet mash mixed with scrambled egg maybe? The poop is small, similar to a wild bird, rather than the normal big blobs they usually have. The crop seems normal but her abdomen is kind of enlarged. She is somewhat droopy but not...
Has anyone experienced this. My barred rock, one of 7 chickens, 3 years old, just became weak and droopy. I thought she might be egg bound or something and I examined and that wasn't it. I separated her, gave her electrolytes with a dropper and she seemed to rebound slightly but still weak to...
I used to keep about 25 consistently for about 20 years replacing as I lost them. Was not especially attached to them. Now I live in a place where I can only really have 4 and I have 6. I am very attached. I can tell you who's talking because I know the sound of their voice without even looking...